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Inside the SSP’s Office: Allegations of beatings, torture & police impunity against farmer leaders in Meerut, UP

Digvijay Bhati and Mohit Jatav allege they were beaten, tied up and humiliated inside police premises; the allegations come weeks after the Meerut police faced scrutiny over its crackdown on protests demanding justice for a Dalit woman

Article 21 casts duty on state to provide life saving means such as oxygen and drugs: MP High Court

The Court has issued specific directions to the government to cope with supply of oxygen, overcharging by private hospitals and illegal trade of Remdesivir drug

Covid-19: Telangana HC gives state gov’t 48 hrs to submit plan to control movement in public places

The court has also asked what steps were being taken to monitor people entering the state via road and railways

Unregistered hospitals allowed to function as Covid hospitals, Patna HC questions move

The court took on record a note filed by the amicus curiae which highlighted how the Bihar government had flouted rules while designating hospitals as Covid centres

It’s a shame govt did not plan things in advance: Allahabad HC

The court directs lockdown for 5 cities, but the state government govt refuses to implement the court’s orders

Murder convict spends 18 years in jail, Odisha HC orders new trial

The Bench opined that the convicted appellant was denied a fair trial and proper legal representation

State courts revert to virtual hearings amid Covid-19 surge

The exponential rise in Covid infections and deaths have compelled the courts to re-start online hearings

Citizenship should be adjudicated on basis of merit, after hearing proceedee: Gauhati HC

The court, in a landmark order, upheld the importance of citizenship, and set aside an ex parte order declaring a woman 'foreigner' by Foreigners Tribunal in Dhubri 

Jharkhand HC grants bail to Lalu Prasad Yadav in fodder scam

He will now be released from custody as he was already on bail in three other fodder scam cases

State is heading towards a health emergency: Jharkhand HC

The court observed that the unavailability of CT scan machines is a ‘serious concern’

Sitalkuchi firing: Calcutta HC seeks status report from CID

The HC was hearing pleas related to the firing by CISF on a polling day in Cooch Behar district on April 10 killing four people

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